On Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out last week’s edition here. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"The pressure of protecting our digital sanctity is falling on consumers, not those who profit from it. Even Apple’s efforts shift the workload to ordinary people, and many of us are just not equipped to handle the cognitive load or don’t understand the impact.
(Om Malik)
Autos
- Some used cars are now worth more than their sticker price. (apnews.com)
- If you can hold off buying a new car, it makes sense. (ritholtz.com)
- What safety protocols need to be in place for robo-taxis? (axios.com)
- Add car salesman to the list of jobs that are going away. (ft.com)
Transport
- Two new projects will make border crossings into Mexico and Canada faster and easier. (axios.com)
- How cargo ships can be outfitted with modern sails to reduce emissions. (nytimes.com)
- A new Waze-like app will help barges navigate the Mississippi River. (axios.com)
- Environmentalists want to make short-haul flights superfluous. (bloomberg.com)
Energy
- First Solar ($FSLR) is trying to change the solar panel trade balance. (wsj.com)
- Tesla's ($TSLA) solar roof project is struggling. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
- Big Tech is buying renewable energy wherever they can find it. (wsj.com)
Drought
- A heat dome is keeping the West under extremely hot temperatures. (slate.com)
- The American Southwest is getting drier. (nytimes.com)
- Droughts in the U.S. over the past 20 years. (visualcapitalist.com)
- How climate is changing in the Greater Yellowstone Area. (sciencedaily.com)
Oceans
- The Florida Keys are increasingly at-risk of rising sea levels. (theguardian.com)
- A potential solution for how to deal with at-risk beach homes. (scientificamerican.com)
- Florida's manatees are dying at a rapid clip. (npr.org)
- Flesh eating bacteria are moving North along with warmer water. (npr.org)
- There's still so much we don't know about the oceans. (kottke.org)
Travel
- Wealthy Americans are turning to travel agents to book Summer travel in droves. (slate.com)
- The first new megacasino on the Las Vegas Strip in more than a decade, the Resorts World, is now open. (wsj.com)
- How to boost the happiness from your vacation. (msn.com)
Technology
- Google ($GOOGL) is finding it difficult to leave third-party cookies behind. (vox.com)
- When it comes to data privacy consumers are largely on their own. (om.co)
- Why PCs are becoming more phone-like. (wsj.com)
- Transmit Security wants to kill off the password for good. (techcrunch.com)
Behavior
- A first hand experience with using ketamine to treat PTSD. (popsci.com)
- What animals can teach us about stress. (bloomberg.com)
- Five insights from Greg McKeown's book "Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most." (nextbigideaclub.com)
Health
- Vision and hearing are crucial for good cognition later in life. (nytimes.com)
- An L-shaped straw that is a hiccup cure. (theguardian.com)
- Some tips on how to deal with tinnitus. (npr.org)
Weed
- Legal marijuana has barely made a dent in the illegal weed trade. (modernfarmer.com)
- Marijuana legalization is increasingly popular among Americans. (vox.com)
Food
- The U.S. meatpacking industry has a monopoly problem. (wsj.com)
- Cities would do well to keep outdoor dining going permanently. (bloomberg.com)
- Chicken wing prices too high? Think thighs. (wealthmanagement.com)
- How do you sell 42,000 pound of stolen pistachios? (theguardian.com)
Drink
- American alcohol producers are having to shift once again as bars reopen. (theatlantic.com)
- Craft distillers have succeeded by focusing on customer experiences. (nytimes.com)
- Not every state is going to make to-go cocktails permanent. (washingtonpost.com)
- So-called 'beer bars' were uniquely affected by the Covid pandemic. (pastemagazine.com)
College sports
- The NCAA vs. Alstom case, explained. (vox.com)
- 12 open questions about the rapidly changing business of college sports. (sportico.com)
- Colleges are gearing to help athletes monetize their careers. (wsj.com)
College
- The plunge in college enrollment is ongoing. (axios.com)
- Why more small colleges are likely to fail. (axios.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: new technologies. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: smart thinking. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
